"...[the issue of diversity] continues to gnaw at me because, like it or not, in this business I essentially hire a bunch of white, middle-class kids, pay them enormous, enormous sums of money to do what? To create messages to the inner-city kids who create the culture the white kids are trying like hell to emulate...but if you go into the inner city, odds are these kids aren’t even going to see advertising as a possibility, as an opportunity for them. Now that’s fucked up...”

I admit, I missed this. But you must read Dan Weiden's comments about diversity in the advertising industry at a recent 4A's conference. Inspiring or stupid or right in all the wrong ways? You be the judge.

Hat Tip to Multiculturalclassics